Were the colonists justified to rebel against Great Britian
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Doug Jenkins
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9/23/03
The colonists in America were justified in their actions to rebel against Great Britain. They were seeking their right to be self governed, only to have Great Britain make laws with out the colonies consent and tax them with out allowing the colonists to have any say in the manner that the taxes are spent.
The Stamp Act was an internal tax that the British placed on almost all basic goods in the colonies. This caused the price of every day things to skyrocket. But what the colonists were most upset with was the fact that Great Britain was taxing goods from within the colonies and spending it however they pleased. They were being taxed with out fair representational say in the government. They deserved to have a voice in how things were run in their society.
Another example of Britain's abuse of power was when they established the Tea Act. This made it so only the East Indian Tea Company could sell tea in the colonies. The company was selling the tea for a much lower price then they were used to, but the colonists resented the fact that the British forced a monopoly on the tea market...